Quotes About Expertise

Okay, so divers have mastered a large body of occult knowledge. That explains their general resemblance to hackers, albeit physically fit hackers.

Like every other state-of-the-art conference room AV system in the history of the world, it failed to work on the first go and so it was necessary to summon someone who understood how it worked; and like all such persons he could not be found.

Just because the Panjandrums know how to run cheeseburg stands, they think they know how to run a Convox.

We're all nerds now. We might as well get good at it.

You have multiple core competencies with surprisingly minimal Venn.

His mind was good, but he only understood one or two things in the whole world—samurai movies and the Macintosh—and he understood them far, far too well. It was a worldview with no room for someone like Juanita.

It is just that — according to some who style themselves in the know — you are destitute.

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're wright, but not enough about the subject to know you're wrong.

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

The writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.

I don't know much about auto mechanics, and Jack the Ripper didn't know much about anatomy.

He did not display his locomotive or his traction engine to his fellow professors, fearing that if he did so he would not be taken seriously when he spoke on mediaeval poetry.

You ask professors to study things, but you never put them in charge of anything.

A project such as this depends heavily on the expertise and toil of archivists and librarians.

Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.

I know every movement of my kitchen.

Where a new guy may only know one or two ways to do something, I know all of the moves, and I've forgotten more stuff than the newer guys might even know.

Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.

I'm a baker. I'm really good at muffins. I'm really good at banana bread. I'm really good at making cookies. I'm really good at making biscuits - all the really bad stuff.

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

Having grown up in musical theatre, I know what works and what doesn't.

I only know how to write musicals.

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good.

I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.